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Edward GRANTHAM

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Name Edward GRANTHAM [1] Birth 1643 Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Gender Male Residence Between 1675 Piscataqua, NH [2]
Residence Abt 1675 Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey [2]
_FSFTID LT52-2M2 _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LT52-2M2 _UID CF90F88C4FEE4E568EB9D10D1922A7501B1A Death 5 Sep 1704 Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Burial 6 Sep 1704 Southwark Parish Cemetery, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Person ID I594766850 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 29 May 2024
Father Edward John GRANTHAM, b. Sep 1599, Walesby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1666, Surry, Surry, Virginia
(Age ~ 66 years)
Mother Elizabeth YORK, b. 1620, Robeson, North Carolina d. 1675, Carroll, Mississippi
(Age 55 years)
Marriage 10 Dec 1639 Surry, Virginia, United States [3]
Family ID F536728786 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eliazabeth ANDREWS, b. 1662, Northampton, Hampton, Virginia d. 1730, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
(Age 68 years)
Marriage 1684 Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America [2]
Children 1. Edward GRANTHAM, II, b. 1686, Cypress, Surry County, Virginia d. 1752, Wayne County, North Carolina
(Age 66 years)
2. Thomas GRANTHAM, Sr., b. 1688, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 19 Mar 1724, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
(Age 36 years)
3. Eloner "Eleanor" GRANTHAM, b. 1690, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 1700 (Age 10 years)
Family ID F536728784 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes - Edward Grantham
BIRTH 1643
DEATH 1704 (aged 60– 61)
BURIAL
Southwark Parish Cemetery
Surry County, Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 124472128 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 10
From the Grantham Gazette is the following information that points to this as being the burial site for Edward Grantham of Surry:
Edward received a land patent of 300 acres on May 29, 1683. The land was located in Southwarke Parish, Surry County, on the branches of Cypress Swamp.
Edward Grantham's property on Cypress Swamp was known as Grantham's Reeds. Many of the deeds concerning this land mention the "cart path," which was actually a well traveled road leading from North Carolina to Southwarke Church and the warehouses at Gray's Creek.
He was probably buried at Southwark Chapel, which was located not far from his plantation.
Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Cockins Grantham
1660 – unknown
EDWARD GRANTHAM II was the son of EDWARD Grantham I. He was born Abt. 1645 in Virginia, and died September 1704 in Surrey County, Virginia. He had 3 wives: 1 ELIZABETH COCKINS Abt. 1674 in Surrey County, Virginia. She died Abt. 1682. 2 MARY JOHNSON 1678 in Surrey County, Virginia. She was born in England, and died 1686 in Surrey County, Virginia. 3 ELIZABETH ANDREWS 1688 in Surrey County, Virginia.
Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM and ELIZABETH COCKINS are:
1 JOHN GRANTHAM, b. 1675; d. 1739; m. SARAH (?)
2 ELIZABETH GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1680
3 JEANE GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1682
Child of EDWARD GRANTHAM and MARY JOHNSON are:
1 EDWARD GRANTHAM III, b. 1686, Cypress Swamp, Surrey County, Virginia; d. 1768, Johnson County, North Carolina.
Children of EDWARD GRANTHAM and ELIZABETH ANDREWS are:
1 THOMAS GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1688.
2 ELEANOR GRANTHAM, b. Abt. 1690.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 1 Jan 2023), entry for Edward GRANTHAM, person ID LT52-4KQ. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 1 Jan 2023), entry for Edward Grantham, person ID LT52-2M2. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 May 2024), entry for Edward John GRANTHAM, person ID K6F7-VSL. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 1 Jan 2023), entry for Edward GRANTHAM, person ID LT52-4KQ. (Reliability: 3).